Daniel 5:29-31
New American Standard Bible 1995
29 Then Belshazzar gave orders, and they (A)clothed Daniel with purple and put a necklace of gold around his neck, and issued a proclamation concerning him that he now had authority as the [a]third ruler in the kingdom.
30 That same night (B)Belshazzar the Chaldean king was (C)slain. 31 [b]So (D)Darius the Mede received the kingdom at about the age of sixty-two.
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- Daniel 5:29 Or triumvir
- Daniel 5:31 Ch 6:1 in Aram
Daniel 5:29-31
New International Version
29 Then at Belshazzar’s command, Daniel was clothed in purple, a gold chain was placed around his neck,(A) and he was proclaimed the third highest ruler in the kingdom.(B)
30 That very night Belshazzar,(C) king(D) of the Babylonians,[a] was slain,(E) 31 and Darius(F) the Mede(G) took over the kingdom, at the age of sixty-two.[b]
Footnotes
- Daniel 5:30 Or Chaldeans
- Daniel 5:31 In Aramaic texts this verse (5:31) is numbered 6:1.
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